Ep —— STAs ot Tt mA i THE CENTRE _REPORTER. —— THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1911 THE UNIFORM PRIMARY. Moral Tone of Campaign Elevated—Men Brought Into the Field Whe Would Have Avoiaed Political Conventions. If the new primary law is responsi ble for the clean ticket nominated by the Democrats it is well worth the ad- ditional expense the law incurs. A better ticket could not have been named. There is not a man on the Democratic ticket who was not well known over the county before he ap- nounced intentions to bec me a candi- date for office ; they needed no lntro- duction to the general public. They were known not as politicians, but as men of affairs, each aspirant having special qualifications for the office he sought, Two facts were demonstrated in connection with the uniform primary laws, which have never been proved quite so forcibly since the act was written into the statues in 1906, be- cause this was the first year Centre county named more than ope or two candidatés, and these were chosen without contest. : One point is that the law upques- tionably opens the field to men who would probably never have been can- didates under the old delegate conven- tion system. Aupother is that the moral tone of campaign methods is being elevated. The second point probably rests upon the very fact of the multiplicity of candidates for the various offices. Whether the class of candidates brought out under the new system averages better than under the old is a question, and is, perhaps, largely a matter of personal opinion ; but no one can diepute that the voler has been given a wider range in choosing the character of candidate for whom he wishes to cast a nominating vote. Io years gone by both the leading parties in Centre counly made great pretense to * locate ** candidates in all portions of the county. This was well planned in some instances, but at other times was the means of defeat- ing the best men in the fleld, The nominating method in vogue now has to a great extent msde * locating ” impossible, as is readily observed when one looks over the map of Cen- tre county with reference to the resi. dences of the eandidates pamed. Happily for the Democratic party its candidates are better distributed over the county than those of the Republi can party. Under the law of the new primary system seveial inroads are being made on the questionable methods of cam- paigning ; and money have played a small, if any part, in the ecarnpaign just closed. These are be supplanted with legitimate methods. The tendency is toward decency ; the practices successfully followed by some candidates in times past would now mark their political burying plots. Judging from the many newspapers scanned by the writer during the campaign, one method of reaching the voter resorted to in many counties waa by advertising in the newspapers. This plan was pot followed to as large an extent in Centre as in otber coun- ties in the state, where newspaper ad- vertising was almost wholly employed as the campaigning method, and by the experienced campaigners is de- ¢lared to have been the most effective, surpassing the posting of circulars, distribution of esrds, souvenirs, ete. T his is a triumph for the newspaper, and the only wonder is that its col- umns were not generally souzht in the past. t'ooze ing AP —————— Birthday Party, On a birthday anniversary of their eldest daughter, Miss May, on Taes- day evening of last week, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. McClellan gave a sur- prise party in her honor. The young peopls had 8 most joyous time, play. ing games aod induigiog in many in- nocent sports, All told there were forty-one guests present the names of whom follow: Misses Ruth Yarnell, Ada and May Wagner, Ruth Martz, Lala Zerby, Alma Stoner, Myra and Margretta Rockey, Helen Bodtorf, Bertha Miller, Orpha and Eva Flisher, Ada Meise, May Fraizer, Marion Burchfield, Bessie McClellan, Messrs, Fred and John Horner, Harold Ream, Roy Martz, Bamuel Zerby, Edward Bohn, Sparr Wert, Will. fam and John Stoner, William Ricket, Lee and Earl Frazer, William and George Swartz, Elmer M iller, Domer Ishler, Robert Burchfisid, Mrs, Lil lian Gettig, Mrs. Cora Burchfield, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Fleisher, Mrs, J. RB. McClellan, Hazel, Frank lin and Stanley McClellan, Undertakers, funeral directors, mor- ticiaps, which ? There Is a discussion among the profession to change the page from funeral director to morti- cian, the title * undertaker ’’ having been tabooed in many sections. “Une dertaker ” signifies nothing, as any one who undertakes any thing Is an * undertaker, ”’ * Funeral director ” does not altogether cover the case, since a skilled funeral director might not be able to embalm a body. The pew word ‘' morticiap,” Latin in origin, is broad enough to cover all the work of the profession, snd in time no doubt will become common in use, B. Gardner Grove makes it known in this way that the apple picker left in bis orchard on the Walker property can be had by the owner, provided he can prove its ownership. GONOERNING YOUTH AND OLD AGE, Thy Idea of Youth ls Relative~Ferhaps Old Age Is a Myth, at Least Few Rench Its Mystie Portals, Some of the newspapers are dis- cussing the very interesting question of woman's age. They are inquiring, ‘““ When does 8 woman cease to be young ?! Various answers have been given and a rather sharp controversy has sprung up between the parties who are interested. The idea of youth is relative, back in 1863 a young eighteen heard a man meighbor : “Well, Pm forty-five Away fellow say to I'm out of the draft, today.’ The young amszement, ‘I wonder if I'll ever live to be as old as that ?' thought be. Well hedid. And now that he is forty-five plus twenty-one, it is his opinion that a man of forty-five is lit- tle better than a youth. Certainly he life, The boy of eighteen thought a girl of fifteen or possibly sixteen the most charming representative of feminine youthfulness, wan of sixty-four, is only a ehild now. e¢rufirmed in the opinion that the true are really the girls who were schoolmates before the war, tions of nature that most men them the pleasant aroma of eternal youthfulness, as old age, of course, fixed figure, When we are eighteen we think it will be found at forty-five. and ¢ of age for twenty additional man is young the century mark. Perhaps old merely a myth. Atany rate one sel dom reaches ite mystic portals, - Aaronsburg, until she passes in town Tuesday, Lewistown this week, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Stover made a business trip in their suto to Lauorel- ton one day last week. through the weste » states, After an absence of 8 month work in the Lutheran charge. ents in this place, Wm. Wolfe, of Fiedler, moved oneof CC. G Bright's known as the Polly Stover property. E E. Ardrey and wife, of Bellefonte, were visiting their father, J. CC. Bto- ver, at the home of George Weaver, Ralph Btover and family bave moved from this place onto their farm west of Millheim, farmed by their son Milton. “Mr. and Mrs, George McCormick, of Potters Mills, were the welcome guests at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Mingle, over Sunday, Among those who satitended the Bellefonte fair Thursday were Mer- chant E. A. Bower, Mrs. Walter Or. wig snd daughter, Mrs. Clarence Mus- per and daughter. Leroy Mensch hss gone to Balti more, Md., to attend a musical conser- vatory to complete hisstudies. Leroy had been teaching before he left, and his pupils were well satisfied with his work. Mrs, Wm. QGuisewite entertained her Larkio's Club in her usual pleas. ant ménner, on Thursday evening. The guests numbered some twenty. After having speut the evening pleas- antly they were called to the dining room and served with ice cream and cake, salted peanuts, and the fruits of the season. The evening will be long remembered by Mrs. Guisewite’s host of friends, houses, bet teg A ———— Transfers of Reni Estate. Bophia Hale to Edward M. Greist, Beptember 28, 1911, tract of land io Philipsburg. $100, Ammon J. Hazel et ux to Busan Gettig, April 1, 1909, tract of land in Miles twp. $800, (Gibbs Braden et al to Mintie Bradip, Beptember 13, 1911, tract of land ip Philipsburg. $1. J. B. Irish et al to Mike Salvisku, July 7, 1911, tract of land in Rush twp. %61. Mary Kolar to Basan Kirko, Bep: tember 15, 1911, tract of land in Boow Shoe twp. #510 James Mixon et ux to Wea'ey Taro. las, August 19, 1911, tract of land in Philipsburg. $960 Matilda Gardoer to Nathan M, Kunes, July 24, 1011, tract of land in Liberty twp, $05. ———————— A Lame back is one of the most com- mon forms of muscular rheumaiism, A few applications of Chamberlain's Lioiment will ily reliei, For sale by MEASURED BY A PAPER DRUM. The Whirling Cylinder Registers the Projectile’s Flight With Minute Ac curacy at Any Desired Distance. Wing Shots and Shot Charges. Persons at all interested in gun firing of any kind, whether of the revolver or rifle or of heavy ordoance of any kiud, occasionally come upon the term “muzzle velocity” and velocities of the missile at stated distances, “How can anybody tell how fast a bullet is traveling+when it leaves the muzzle of a weapon?’ is a likely com- ment on the part of the layman. As a matter of fact this approximate velocity of the missile may be one of the easiest of determinations to make, In the first place, a drumlike cylinder is made of fixed diameter and of suf ficiently stiff paper to allow of its re. volving rapidly on a spindle. Using a cylinder of small circumference, it is necessary that the speed approach a minute. These rev- are produced by electric pow- er, and the count Is made by an exact mechanical register. The gun is placed securely at the re. quired distance from the drum and is sighted directly at the center of the cylinder, which "is spinning at many even miles, a minute, ns circumference determines, With the drum’s speed adjusted an electri current cCischarges the weapon, the bullet striking the center of the drum fs mensured from top to botte The oo understands that with the vy the bul gh it on the ning out on the h scarcely Irum’s perl ®O rods, Mn read stntior thro dian eter, col witl drum let would pnss line of {ts other side a shade of impediment. whirling at itions a minute r a fraction more ond mean a rate of seconds, Thus in shery imeter onl than a foot this 2.000 yards in i the bullet to enter one per drum, side of the pa. it and out at the other side the o of the drum would siderable deviation from an exact diameter of line of pas sage, It is inside the fs used CTORS pposite side abow con of deflect further rim of the drm that 1 for the computation of velocity of the missile wold of the cylin der may be computed ta the ten thou gpandth part of qd if gnd the lineal 4d 00 run this space wm shown The spe fi secon necessary istan ner side of the ever Is the bullet penetrates outward steers ifs time In 3 yulng the f the cylinder. 1f it has re ton thousandth part of a bullet to foot its velocity to mile may be mputed by choolboy. By o1'8 velocity diameter of fiy oue the apy on EI va RE a 106) 3 ards or VLR TArGsS aay be do ng had with his » wing shooti farme muzzle load shotgut harige of black powder would shoot directly at a or in full Sight. He evolved a the v oncoming bird, holding that the heavy Hi passed him he could 1 as fo the breast feathers “turned” the shot use the bird was LP breast oy over his » could pull ner fell on an a ‘the compara yw black powder could be ig sending the shot Tact : rge of shot. Be be trigger andy. the the p tively sl nited and exploded, twenty-five or thirty yards, the bird had flown yards perhaps beyond its position when the fowler first touched the trigger. But firing directly at the bird after it Lad passed the shot charge had a strong tendency to drop as it flew, and the bird flying on a level line “got In the way” of the charge. Today the modern nitro powders are immensely quicker than was the old black gunpowder, yot it has Deen an engineering problem to determine just how fast and in what line a charge of ghot will travel. In this determina. tion the revolving drum device has ghown several important facts which have been taken in connection with the speed of individual game birds and the effects of windage on a shol charge. That most important fact as to the flight of shot from a modern shotgun fs that at forty yards the shot are “strung out” for approximately fifteen feet. While the leading pellets in the wreussion © Pp to kill All this hes led to the modern prac tice of the fowler to reckon with the bird, the influence of the wind In “drifting” the charge, and out of these established facts to “lead” the bird sufficiently to kill ft rather than maim and eripple it—Marvin Holtoo fu Chicago Tribune. “The Other National Game, Afra. Caley (ns Galey arrives hom nt 6G. mi-Well, what In the world reminded yon fo come home at all’ Onlev-The game waz enlled on ae eount cf daylight, my dear Puck. itatred does not cease by hatred a any time. Hatred ceases by love This is an old rule~Buddha, ———— A —o——— = You are not experimenting on your- self when you take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a cold ss that preparation hss won its great repu. tation and extensive sale by its re markable cures of colds, and oan al ways be depended upon, It is rqually valuable for Th Be children and may be given to young Shildran with implioit con ss It con no ORIGIN OF “MARK TWAIN.” Samuel L, Clemens Quoisd as Saying | He Inherited the Name. The familiar story of Bamuel L. Clemens’ Mark Twain Is jucorrect. sippi river use now declnred to It pictures Clemens, pilot, ligteuing to the heaving the lead at the bow of a boat and singing out, “By the three; by the mark, Ciemens smites his brow quizes, “There is my nom de plume.” It is true that with the picturesque cry of the with the lead, but a man other Mr. Clemens first discovered turesqueness, Isalah Bellers, news for the To Professor Yale Mr was from 'rofessor river mark, shed rive New Orleans Plcayunpe. William Lyon Phelp ged who furni Clemens confes Sellers he got the Phelps’ story is quoted in Professor Henderson's “Mark Twain” According to this book, Mr. Clemens snid to Professor Phelps: “Captain lers used- to sign his articles in Picayune ‘Mark Twain He 18G3. 1 liked the 1 think 1 have done i seem te have made this what generally known” Professor Henderson ber of Interesting incidents with the use « hen he name-and stoie iL for HONE him no wrong, uaine 3 as recor a pun con w Mr. C Enterprise hui ‘Mark Twain,” 1 When on that pa lemens sent 1« ture Le Twain." lien use of this nan ed: 1 chose most perso also because reporter in UH save ized ac be hour sand suid ean ix an ne the hands don Graphic, OnN% Of i ses be oi hore easily bourglass than hy wateh! of ua watch. 1a Just Suited. “There's only ane o aparim buliding to tesa the indows sev ion ene” neent of y wig TW wi you can iti =eeing everything in thie dinfvg rooms of the nel igh bors on both =idex of von ‘What's the rental?” the portly a flat smi! nly auked dame who was looking for Charo Trine The Mandrake Legend, There fx on oie? ted with the mandrake which states that when ded it ntiers uo pierce. ing ery. The forked tnbers bear a fantastle resemblance to the body and fogs of n pun, nnd from this fancied likeness th the lLellef which wax wides during the middle ages wend conne tro we pew read Haine and Huge, [eine md a preconceived idea that Vietor Hugo, ealled by Bim “the French poet in whom all x false,” had a hunip on his back. He was delighted when he was told that one of Hugo's hips protruded owing to malformation. Caustic, Delighted Mamma ~ 00 — professor, what do you think of little Arthur as a violinist? Professor~| like the wa” be puts the fiddle back into the case Chicago News, Happiness 1s the natural Gower of uty. ~ Phillipa Brooks. Lo MI MS | Percales, etc,— Direct from the mills, in cotton and wool. a trust, For Men, Boys and Women, C. CENTRE HAIL PENNA ee ee Te Sh lh LADIES Y ee ——————————— 4 foe will be devoted to the 5 Centre Hall Pa. THE Proprietor m— will desired. The SACK OF MEANS A FOR YOU machine,
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